Table 2.
Examples of mild clinical phenotypes in carriers of disease-causing variants.
| Gene | MIM * | Disease | MIM # | Inheritance | Biomarker | Clinical features | PMIDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABCD1 | 300371 | Adrenoleukodystrophy | 300100 | XLR | Abnormal pattern of VLCFA | - | 26718981 |
| CTP2 | 600650 | Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency, myopathic, stress-induced | 255110 | AR | Residual CPT activity | Myalgia, muscle weakness, rhabdomyolysis | 15622536, 23184072 |
| DMD | 300377 | Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type | 310200 | XLR | HyperCKemia | Mild muscle weakness, calf hypertrophy | 26718981 |
| EMD | 300384 | Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy 1, X-linked | 310300 | XLR | - | Heart involvement, cardiac symptoms later in life | 25454731, 31718017 |
| GJB1 | 304040 | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, X-linked dominant, 1 | 302800 | XLD | Abnormal nerve conduction velocities | Mild neuropathy, absent tendon reflexes | 21254193 |
| PLP1 | 300401 | Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease | 312080 | XLR | - | White matter abnormalities at MRI, mild neurological signs (spasticity, ataxia, cognitive impairment) | 31137068, 23771846 |
| RYR1 | 180901 | Congenital myopathy 1B, autosomal recessive | 255320 | AR | HyperCKemia | Exertional myalgia, unexplained rhabdomyolysis, mild weakness | 35428369 |
| SGCA | 600119 | Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal recessive 3 | 608099 | AR | HyperCKemia | Mild muscle weakness, exercise intolerance | 14595658 |
AD autosomal dominant, AR autosomal recessive, CPT Carnitine palmitoyltransferase, VLCFA very long chain fatty acid, XLD X-linked dominant, XLR X-linked recessive.